Global Patent Index - EP 2801814 B1

EP 2801814 B1 20180418 - SWEPT SOURCE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPH AND METHOD FOR STABILIZING PHASE THEREOF

Title (en)

SWEPT SOURCE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPH AND METHOD FOR STABILIZING PHASE THEREOF

Title (de)

OPTISCHER KOHÄRENZTOMOGRAPH MIT GEWOBBELTER QUELLE UND VERFAHREN ZUR PHASENSTABILISIERUNG DAFÜR

Title (fr)

TOMOGRAPHE À COHÉRENCE OPTIQUE EN SWEPT SOURCE ET PROCÉDÉ DE STABILISATION DE LA PHASE CORRESPONDANTE

Publication

EP 2801814 B1 20180418 (EN)

Application

EP 12864429 A 20121214

Priority

  • JP 2012000313 A 20120105
  • JP 2012082460 W 20121214

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2801814A1] Stabilize phases by eliminating, without adding any expensive, complex hardware, the jitter between the wavelength scanning of a light source of SS-OCT and the timing of collecting the scan data with the light detector as spectral interference signals. A computer 16, which generates tomographic images based on the spectral interference signals detected by a light detector 15 from overlaid reference light emitted by a swept-source type light source 2 of the SS-OCT, split, and then reflected by a fixed reference mirror 8 on one hand and object light reflected by an object to be measured 6 on the other, is caused to function to apply rough correction using a first correction means and then apply detailed correction using a second correction means, to stabilize the phases of the SS-OCT.

IPC 8 full level

G01N 21/31 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61B 3/102 (2013.01 - EP US); G01B 9/02001 (2013.01 - US); G01B 9/02075 (2013.01 - US); G01B 9/02083 (2013.01 - US); G01B 9/02091 (2013.01 - US); G01N 21/31 (2013.01 - EP US); G01N 21/4795 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2801814 A1 20141112; EP 2801814 A4 20150902; EP 2801814 B1 20180418; CN 104053980 A 20140917; CN 104053980 B 20160518; JP 2013140077 A 20130718; JP 5900950 B2 20160406; US 2015009507 A1 20150108; US 9354038 B2 20160531; WO 2013103080 A1 20130711

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 12864429 A 20121214; CN 201280062822 A 20121214; JP 2012000313 A 20120105; JP 2012082460 W 20121214; US 201214368456 A 20121214